John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports
CBS Sports recently ranked the Top 25 Power Five coaches in College Football and pegged LSU's Ed Orgeron at No. 4. Here's what they had to say about Coach O:
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No. 4 LSU's Ed Orgeron:

Orgeron climbs 26 spots to No. 4 in our rankings, and gosh, I just can't figure out why that happened! Maybe it has something to do with winning a national title last year with what might have been the greatest team in college football history? That's just a theory, though. OK, in all sincerity, Orgeron is a fantastic story. Nobody thought he'd be a head coach again after his failure at Ole Miss, and many believed LSU blew it when they missed out on Jimbo Fisher and then Tom Herman, instead retaining Orgeron full-time after a stint as interim coach. But Orgeron did something so few people are capable of accomplishing. He not only recognized his past mistakes, but he actively went out of his way to solve them. He looked at his program, saw the shortcomings and found ways to improve it. Then he reaped the rewards. 2019 rank: 30 (+26)
Here's the Top 10:
1. Nick Saban, Alabama
2. Dabo Swinney, Clemson
3. Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma
4. Ed Orgeron, LSU
5. Brian Kelly, Notre Dame
6. Kirby Smart, Georgia
7. Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M
8. Dan Mullen, Florida
9. James Franklin, Penn State
10. Ryan Day, Ohio State

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LSUFanHouston48 months
I can understand Saban and Dabo... but Riley at 3? He's won 3 conference champs in 3 in the pathetic Big XII, and lost 3 straight semifinal games to SEC teams.
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Sluuuu48 months
Brian Kelly is a hack
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Gulf Coast Tiger48 months
How is Lincoln Riley ahead of O?
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HoldThatTiger251148 months
Best offensive mind in CFB... much better scheme guy than O is just based on involvement
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Blind Zebras47 months
@HoldThatTiger2511 You’re right. I recall his truly elite schemes winning so many playoff games against actual competition
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DoubleDown48 months
Ryan Day has done some impressive work in 1 year. Will be curious to see his future.
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GaTiger2748 months
Agreed. I’d flip him spots with Jimbo on that list
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CanebreakCajun48 months
Lincoln Riley lol
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TrueTiger48 months
CEO beat the brakes off of Riley. Could have hung a hundred on them.
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weeble48 months
Brian Kelly at 5 and Jim Harbaugh at 12? I would take Stoops and Kentucky above both of them any day.
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Pax tecum48 months
Agreed. Stoops really has Kentucky on the upswing to being a respectable program.
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luismlg48 months
Jimbo too high
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Aligater48 months
Dan Mullen is underrated; Lincoln Riley is overrated and Coach Orgeron is tied for number 1 with Saban and Swinney.
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TigerB848 months
I agree. Think he's consistently a good coach and he proved that with his stay at MSU. He's going to be good for UF.
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FLBooGoTigs148 months
lol where's Tom Herman?
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RCPLSU5948 months
So coach “O” and nine others..... so Coach “O” only had a 6-0 record against this top ten list this year... and destroyed Oklahoma in a playoff game but still they rank Riley ahead of home!!!!
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luciouslou48 months
Stoops was better than an riley
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TigerOnTheMountain48 months
Orgeron just beat the top three in the same season. I don’t think he’s number one or even two, but Lincoln Riley? LOL
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eugene1928LSU48 months
Ed #1? He beat all 3 in front of him in the same season, it's worth something. Jumbo #7, no way a top 10 coach does not lose 50-7. Kelly please. Herman, well texas deserves you and the money you cost them. Thank God for unanswered prayers.
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Celery48 months
Surely the realize Ed just beat their 1, 2 & 3
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tschla148 months
Heck, he beat six of the other 9!
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knothead295548 months
well he did beat 6 of the top 10 in one season
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KING NOLA48 months
I think you mean 7 of the top 10.
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Hangit48 months
I see 6. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, and 8. What are you seeing beyond that?
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IAmNERD48 months
Ryan Day at #10 after being a head coach for what, 2 years? And he took over a stacked program built up by Urban. I think we should give him another couple of years before we start saying he's a top ten coach in the country.
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KCT48 months
Must really be embarrassing for Texas that Pee-wee Herman was ranked ahead of Tom.
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DeltaTigerDelta48 months
These rankings are a joke. Lincoln Riley over Coach O. Neux way. Little 12 over SEC?
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panzer48 months
I guess yaw yaw footbaw is a thing of the past...??
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hill durham48 months
this ranking can change quicker than lis taylor changed husbands.
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Deltatiger48 months
Kirby at 6???
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